| Reach and maintain ideal body weight. |
| Eat three small regular meals each day; these should be |
- Evenly sized
- Evenly spaced, and
- Eaten at about the same time every day
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| Eat snacks between meals, if advised by your dietician. Select food with a low glycaemic index more often than foods with a high or medium glycaemic index. |
| Keep to your daily fat ration |
- Avoid fried foods and trim the visible fat from meat and chicken before cooking
- Limit the intake of saturated fats (animal fats) e.g. butters, lard, processed meat
- To limit intake of fried foods, rather (without adding extra fat) steam, boil, bake, stew or microwave
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| Increase the fibre content in diet by eating more whole-wheat products, fresh fruit and vegetables (in stead of refined products). Use salt and salty foods sparingly; rather replace with herbs and spices. Alcohol should not be used on an empty stomach, because this can lead to alcohol-induced hypoglycaemia. Strong alcoholic beverages (like whiskey) are preferred above beer, wine and liqueurs. |
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